Going Home

“The concept of jubilee has its roots,” notes Nancy Roth in her foreword, “in the idea of sabbath-a time of ''re-creation, reordering, and release.'' We discover that sabbath first in our own prayer, as our hearts are re-created, reordered, and released from those things which bind us.”

In these meditations on the themes of jubilee Frank T. Griswold offers fresh insight into how this ancient practi...